THE HOUSE ACTS – AT 8:09 P.M. ET:  The House voted to repeal Obamacare today.  But Harry Reid has already said he won't permit the matter to come to the floor in the Senate.  So, the vote is symbolic:

House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday, taking their first major step toward rolling back the massive overhaul that has dominated the American political landscape for almost two years.

The vote was 245 to 189, and unanimous GOP support gave the vote the same partisan feel of the March vote to pass the law, underscoring once again the hardened political lines of the health care debate. Only three Democrats backed the repeal, a smaller number than Republicans had once predicted.

COMMENT:  The Democratic number is disappointing, but remember that most of the Dems who would have voted with the GOP on this one were defeated in November, leaving the Democratic House delegation even more liberal than it already is.  I wouldn't be shocked if the Dems voted to extend Obamacare protection to Karl Marx.

January 19, 2011